He will come off the bench as Jose Calderon continues to start at point guard. The Cavaliers will have Iman Shumpert back on Monday against the 76ers, coach Tyronn Lue said after Sunday’s practice. Shumpert, though, will come off the bench after starting at point guard in place of Derrick Rose prior to his injury. Jose Calderon will continue to start at point guard. “He fits in because we've been putting J.R. (Smith) back with the second unit,” Lue said, per cleveland.com. “That will be Shump's position.” Shumpert has missed the Cavs’ last three games with knee soreness. For...

Our #CediWatch has restarted. Cavaliers rookie Cedi Osman has mostly been relegated to the bench in his first year in the NBA, a natural byproduct of playing on a deep team with high expectations (and one that has struggled to win, thus forcing more minutes for their stars.) With Derrick Rose, Iman Shumpert, Isaiah Thomas and Tristan Thompson all out against the Pistons and Osman’s fellow benchwarmer Jose Calderon pressed into a starting role, Tyronn Lue indicated that Cedi could find minutes against Detroit, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com: Ty Lue said something at Monday's shootaround...

The veteran guard fills in as Iman Shumpert and Derrick Rose are out. With the Cavaliers’ other point guards tested, Jose Calderon will start for the Cavaliers on Monday against the Pistons. Tyronn Lue revealed his decision on Sunday at the Cavs’ practice in Detroit. “Just be who he is,” Lue said, per cleveland.com, when asked what he wanted to see from Calderon. “Offensively, we know he can shoot the basketball so we want him to shoot the ball.” Calderon has started one other game this year, a 114-93 loss to the Magic on Oct. 21. In that game, Calderon started, but was...